Verb Forms Exercise

Fill in the blanks with an appropriate verb form.

 1. Russia ……………… started / is starting / has started) building the world’s first official floating nuclear power station.

2. Raven, a portable medical robot, …………………….. (creating / created / creates) by scientists in the US will be ……………………. (testing / tested) next month in an underwater environment designed by NASA to simulate zero gravity

3. First floating nuclear plant is on the anvil. It is …………………….. (expected / expecting) to be ready in 2010. Russia ……………………. (hopes / has hoped / hoped) to export the power plants for use in seas from the Indian Ocean to the Arctic.

4. Russia ………………………… (plans / has planned / planned) to build the world’s longest tunnel, a transport and pipeline link under the Bering Strait to Alaska.

5. A 6,000 km transport corridor from Siberia into the US ……………………….. (feed / will feed / would feed) into the tunnel, which at 64 miles will be more than twice as long as the underwater section of the Channel Tunnel between the UK and the France.

Answers

 1. Russia has started building the world’s first official floating nuclear power station.

2. Raven, a portable medical robot created by scientists in the US will be tested next month in an underwater environment designed by NASA to simulate zero gravity

3. First floating nuclear plant is on the anvil. It is expected to be ready in 2010. Russia hopes to export the power plants for use in seas from the Indian Ocean to the Arctic.

4. Russia plans to build the world’s longest tunnel, a transport and pipeline link under the Bering Strait to Alaska.

5. A 6,000 km transport corridor from Siberia into the US will feed into the tunnel, which at 64 miles will be more than twice as long as the underwater section of the Channel Tunnel between the UK and the France.